Did You See This? Oladipo’s missed alley-oop

Here’s a first: Writing a post about a missed dunk. Never thought the day would come when such a thing would be worth highlighting, but no one could have guessed Victor Oladipo would come so close to completing an absolutely silly alley-oop. Watch the near highlight-reel dunk and a replay of it in this post. Or, hey, just check out the image of it on the video player here.

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Honestly, look how far he reached just to catch the ball. And, somehow, Oladipo sounded frustrated in his postgame presser that he didn’t finish the play, saying: “I don’t know how I missed it, man. I was so close.”

No worries, though, because No. 3 Indiana still took down No. 1 Michigan.

Check out what others were saying about Oladipo’s near highlight:

If there was ever an #SCtop10 for a missed dunk, Victor Oladipo just did it. Wow. #MICHvsIU—
  (@SportsCenter) February 03, 2013

If that dunk would have gone in they would have had to rebuild Assembly Hall from the ashes, and named it Victor Oladipo Memorial.—
Eamonn Brennan (@eamonnbrennan) February 03, 2013

If Victor Oladipo had thrown that down I think the building might have crumbled.—
Dylan Burkhardt (@umhoops) February 03, 2013

can't stop watching Oladipo's missed dunk. what's his wingspan? is.gd/klH5TY how many times will @JayBilas mention it at the draft?—
Jason McIntyre (@TheBigLead) February 03, 2013

@TheBigLead I think it was the dunk of the year even though he missed!—
Eric Adelson (@eric_adelson) February 03, 2013

If Victor Oladipo would have made that dunk last night we'd be watching the replay for the next 10 years. #Hoosiers—
Jeramy Michiaels (@JeramyMichiaels) February 03, 2013

[throws away deer antler spray] [buys Victor Oladipo spray instead] [effortlessly jumps over house]—
Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) February 03, 2013

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